Sash-holder



(No ModeL) F. SHEALY, Jr.

SASH HOLDER.

Patented Apr. 5,1892.

INITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED SHEALY, JR, OF BUCYRUS, OHIO.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,276, dated April 5,1892. Application filed December 4, 1891. Serial No. 413,974. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED SHEALY, Jr., a citizen of the United States,residing at Buoyrus, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sashllolders, ofwhichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved sashholder for application to theframes and sash es of windows for the purpose of sustaining the sash atany desired elevated position.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is aview ofpartofa Window frame and sash to which my improvedholder is applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a window-frame,showing the sash-holding wire attached. Figs. 3, 4:, and 5 show a brokenportion of the sash and detail views of the device.

The sash A has a vertical groove 1) on its edge 0, that slides up anddown in the ordinary-slide-groove cl of the window-jamb cl, which grooveis formed by beads or strips secured to the window-casing in the usualway. A metal plate E bridges over this groove and is secured by pins orscrews ftwo or three in number-which are placed out of a true verticalline, as shown in Fig. 3. In the present instance three of these screwsare shown and they have a zigzag or staggered position. This plate Esets in a mortise on the edge of the sash, so that its outer surfacewill be flush with said edge.

A sash-holding wire G is secured by each end and has vertical positionagainst the slide-groove d of the window-jamb. A screw or pin it isemployed to fasten each end of the wire, While the entire length of theWire intermediate of said ends is free of any fastening and is flexiblethroughout its length. The flexible wire G passes along the groove 2) inthe sash and under the plate E and between the staggered pins f. It itsimply necessary that this wire shall pass along at one side of thefirst and at the opposite side of the second pin. If a third pin isused, the wire should pass along it at the same side as at the firstpin. It will now beunderstood that upon raising or lowering the sash Athe pinsfwill slide along the flexible Wire G, the flexurein which wherethe pins bear will be compelled to yield and change as the sash moves.It will be seen that the pins act as a slipping clamp or grip on thewire. The flexure in the wire where the pins bear produces a degree offriction or grip that will sustain the sash at any point of elevation.One ofthese wires and slip-grip devices will preferably be placed ateach side of the window frame and sash.

The device acts automatically and is simple and cheap. The arrangementis very durable and will not get out of order, because theplate E holdsthe pins rigidly and prevents them from loosening in the wood of thesash, as they would eventually by the tension of the wire if they had nosupport like the plate at their outer ends. The plate also is the meansof confining the wire in the groove and between the pins, as if it werenot for this plate the play of the sash in the casing would besufficient to allow the wire to work free from between the pins and outof the groove.

Having thus described myinventiomwhat I I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a vertical wire secured to the window-frame at eachend and flexible between said ends, the sash provided in its edge with avertical groove to receive said wire, a plate bridging said groove, andpins securing said plate to the sash and staggered to form aslipping-grip device, through which the wire passes, the plate servingto hold said pins rigid and confine the wire between them, as set forth.

In testimony whereoflaffix my signat ure in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRED SHEALY, JR.

Witnesses:

O. K. PAESSLER, H. E. VoLK.

